Devils Lake, North Dakota, Carnegie Library

Devils Lake, North Dakota, Carnegie Library

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Leach Library, Wahpeton, North Dakota

[LIB11176] - In 1919 Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Leach offered the city of Wahpeton the sum of $25,000 as a donation for the construction of a building to be used as a public library if the city would purchase a suitable site for it. [Website]

1912 Carnegie Library, N.D.A.C., Fargo, North Dakota

[LIB11057] - Fargo’s first public library building opened on this date in 1903. The library, heavily funded by businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, “…stood on the northeast corner of Roberts Street and First Avenue North” for nearly seven decades.

Prior to the opening of the Carnegie library, Fargo’s library had been operating since 1900 out of a room in the Masonic Temple building, with books donated by community members. The city of Fargo submitted an application for a Carnegie library grant in 1901, and was approved for a grant of $20,000 on March 6th of that year. In 1905, the North Dakota Agricultural College (now NDSU) and the Fargo College also secured grants for Carnegie libraries. In total, eleven Carnegie libraries were built in the state.
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Public Library, Grand Forks, North Dakota

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1901 Andrew Carnegie agrees to donate funding for a new Public Library building.

1902 Library Board purchases one quarter block on the comer of 5th and Alpha for $5,000, awards contracts for construction at $23,000, and purchases equipment for $4,000.

1903 Public Library opens with 500 books for persons of good deportment.

1912 Agricultural College, ND Overdue Notice

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Some things never change :)

Public Library, GRAND FORKS ND

A postcard view of the library from 1909.

Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Forks,_North_Dakota]